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Show HINGES ON POLITICS Railroad Bill Likely to Remain in Realm of Speculation Some Time. ,'ttSHJNGTO'N'- March 3.-Confcrcnces on the Hepburn rallmad rnlo bill nro every dav becoming more numoroiis nnd moro confusing Oroupn of Republican Senators advocating an amendment providing for judicial review of orders or-ders of the Interstate Commerce commission-troupf. commission-troupf. of Republican Senators who support tho bill as It parsed tho House and was reported t the Interstnto Commerce, commltteo of the Senate, and gioups of Democratic Senators mny bo rcn In close consultation almost every hcur of every day. the latter trying to doter-mlno doter-mlno what their party policy will he. The most notable of thes groups Is tho nrst mentioned, which has directed its ofTort-. toward to-ward bringing about nn ngreement to an amendment that might provo satisfactory to all tho Republicans. The Unconstitutional Club. Tho members of this faction aro making u of tho argument that unless amended thn hm will bo declared unconditional. It is nn ''' aT3Cnl UKCU a"k0 l RvWjbIlc:u "nJ Domo- Thls faction professes encouragement It I said by somo of thcs Senators that 'an Informal In-formal poll shows n majority of the Senate In fivor of a court-rovlnw feature This poll, howovcr. la not in tho form of a pledce. Senators Dolllvcr and Clapp, tho Republican Re-publican leaders of tho faction stipportlng tho b without amendment, still bellcvo that tho bill ought to go ihroush In that form N'o amendments havo yet been HUbmltted to thun which they aro willing to accept They will have r. conference with the President on Monday. It developed lodny that In case tho Republicans Repub-licans should bo successful In getting toeL-thir It would tend to solidify tho Democrats und It in qulto likely that they would endeavor to sccuro caucus action favoring tho Hepburn bill without amendment, basing their action on tho unaninicus support given to the bill by tho Dcmocrnla of the House. Somn of Die Democratic Senators bellcvo that In caso their party should get together on the bill as ft came from tho Ilous qulto a large number of Republican Senators would voto with them. However, tho whole matter relating relat-ing to tho rato bill Is still In tho realm of speculation nnd no doubt will bo for somo time to como.. |